Oracle has introduced Base Database Cloud@Customer, a managed hybrid cloud service designed to bring high-performance database and AI capabilities directly into on-premises data centers. By utilizing the X11 compute platform, the service allows organizations to run Oracle AI Database 26ai and associated agents behind their own firewalls. This approach provides a unified subscription model that addresses strict data residency requirements and latency-sensitive use cases like IoT.

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Amazon RDS for SQL Server now supports Microsoft SQL Server 2025 across Enterprise, Standard, and Developer editions. This release introduces built-in AI integration, allowing T-SQL to call external REST endpoints directly without requiring middleware. Administrators can leverage this functionality to connect databases with AWS services like Amazon Bedrock, SageMaker, and Lambda for automated performance analysis and AI-driven query optimization.

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Microsoft has officially ended extended support for SQL Server 2016 as of July 14, 2026, marking the conclusion of its ten-year lifecycle. This milestone means the relational database management system will no longer receive security patches, bug fixes, or standard technical assistance. Despite the termination of support, the vendor acknowledges that the platform remains heavily deployed across critical sectors like healthcare, manufacturing, and billing.

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As of July 2026, SQL Server migration enabled by Azure Arc supports SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines as a generally available (GA) migration target. This adds a second destination alongside Azure SQL Managed Instance and brings the entire migration lifecycle into a single guided workflow in the Azure portal. The migration method relies on backup and restore combined with log shipping, using Azure Blob Storage as an intermediary staging area. This article covers what the feature does, prerequisites, how the migration works, and its limitations.

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Microsoft will terminate support for the OneDrive sync client on Windows 10 version 22H1 and all earlier releases starting August 15, 2026. This decision ends an extended support period for the application on operating systems that officially reached their end-of-life status in late 2022. While the client will not be blocked from running immediately after the deadline, it will no longer receive security patches, bug fixes, or new features.

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Microsoft's Windows Server vNext preview program has introduced three significant features since build 29531, released on February 12, 2026: boot support for the Resilient File System (ReFS), a built-in NVMe-over-Fabrics (NVMe-oF) initiator for high-performance network storage, and Quick Machine Recovery (QMR) for automated recovery from boot failures. Build 29621, released July 13, 2026, adds an early implementation of Trusted Launch for Hyper-V virtual machines. This article covers what each feature does, its requirements, and its current limitations.

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Microsoft has released the July 2026 Patch Tuesday update (KB5101650) to resolve a critical storage bug affecting Windows 11 versions 24H2 and 25H2. The issue stems from the Capability Access Manager service (camsvc), which failed to properly checkpoint its write-ahead log file, CapabilityAccessManager.db-wal. This failure caused the hidden file to grow indefinitely, with some users reporting it consumed over 500GB of disk space.

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